A bundle of worn blue-gray envelopes tied with twine on a slate-green surface.

Original artwork, not a still

Long, long ago

Thomas Haynes Bayly

Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago.

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What it means

Our interpretation.

This is a wistful request to hear old stories again. The stories were dear once, and the repeated 'long, long ago' stretches the distance back in time. It sounds like fondness mixed with longing for a past that can only be revisited through telling.

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